Jim Watson/AFP via Getty ImagesDonald Trump’s claim that the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 was less hateful than pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses lately was “repugnant and divisive,
Trump portrayed largely peaceful pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. college campuses as “riots,” saying that “Charlottesville is like a ‘peanut’” in comparison.
Former President Trump on Thursday downplayed the severity of the deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., compared to the mounting demonstrations on college campuses over the war in Gaza.
Trump said the violent Unite the Right rally was “a peanut” compared to the pro-Palestinian protests sweeping college campuses since Israel invaded Gaza in retaliation for the Oct. 7 terror attack carried out by Hamas.
The White House on Thursday blasted former President Trump after he twice minimized the deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., downplaying its severity compared to ongoing campus protests over the war in Gaza.
Donald Trump on Thursday condemned pro-Palestinian protests sweeping US colleges, saying the level of "hate" on display was far worse than during an infamous, deadly rally by right-wing extremists in Charlottesville in 2017.